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11149019

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Metastases are a common feature during the evolution of breast cancer. However, gastrointestinal metastases, and especially ceco-appendicular ones, are very rare. Melanoma however frequently metastasize in the gastrointestinal tract. Ceco-appendicular metastases do not display any specific signs in cancerous patients. These rare metastases must be considered in the diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain in cancerous patients. The main differential diagnosis includes neutropenic enterocolitis, acute appendicitis, malignant intestinal obstruction and perforation of the bowel. The morbidity of gastrointestinal complications in patients with metastatic cancer receiving chemotherapy is significant and surgery is often the only chance of survival. The major clinical decision is whether or not to operate.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0172-6390
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1627-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Metastatic involvement of ceco-appendicular segment: a diagnosis of right lower quadrant abdominal pain in patient receiving chemotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Digestive and Endoscopic Surgery, Brugmann University Hospital, 4, Place A. Van Gechuten, B-1020 Bruxelles, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports